Downstream will probably be fine, but at close to 1.5km from cabinet, upstream could suffer. Will be an interesting one to watch.

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My situation is similar to the first posting. Started off with great Spark Wireless connected to the Foxton Water Tower.

I have had the service for over a year and started to experience constant disconnections, speed not the issue.

Thanks for the warning tedzart. I had been trying to get wireless at the beach but had problems with the address check changing its mind whether we could get service. At one stage neighbours on 3 of our boundaries could get it but not us. Now I note that none of the neighbouring houses qualify yet wireless is still available to houses closer to the tower. If the cell is congested why should any extra fixed connections take place?

My situation is similar to the first posting. Started off with great Spark Wireless connected to the Foxton Water Tower.

I have had the service for over a year and started to experience constant disconnections, speed not the issue.

Thanks for the warning tedzart. I had been trying to get wireless at the beach but had problems with the address check changing its mind whether we could get service. At one stage neighbours on 3 of our boundaries could get it but not us. Now I note that none of the neighbouring houses qualify yet wireless is still available to houses closer to the tower. If the cell is congested why should any extra fixed connections take place?

Very likely your location is on the edge of a congested sector.

DM me the address and i'll do some deeper checks for ya.

OP's issue is still being looked into (be it too late for him, network still should be preforming well), as will any other issues, however i'd say others having the 'same' issue will need to be treated separately.

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I really never saw much logic from the answers I received going right back to the Kaikoura /Wellington Quake when

a Spark tech suggested that the Foxton Tower may have been damaged and that was the problem.

digging into this, have asked for a few extra details.

To quantify the comments regarding congestion though for those following , Tedzart is on the edge of two sectors, one congested (with upgrades planned to resolve this) and one that is still in the acceptable range.

On my personal end, I'll be down in fielding over Christmas, May look to travel down to Foxton for a visit of the area.

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Any comments made are personal opinion and do not reflect directly on the position my current or past employers may have.

To quantify the comments regarding congestion though for those following , Tedzart is on the edge of two sectors, one congested (with upgrades planned to resolve this) and one that is still in the acceptable range.

On my personal end, I'll be down in fielding over Christmas, May look to travel down to Foxton for a visit of the area.

From a much earlier post on ADSL I "think" l know roughly where tezart is. Is the congested sector the one pointing to the beach? What would the upgrade entail? A Spark outlet told me it would need another cell site. That interests me more from the point of phone coverage. It's a lot easier to compensate for coverage with a fixed modem.